IRIN HIV/AIDS Weekly - 397
Africa
25 July 2008


NEWS:

Blog: Welcome to the PlusNews blog
KENYA: PMTCT services not reaching rural women
AFRICA: Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV
KENYA: More education equals less teen pregnancy and HIV
MOZAMBIQUE: Tourism, beaches and sex - a recipe for HIV
UGANDA: Poverty driving child sex abuse in the north
AFGHANISTAN: New campaign to tackle stigma and misconceptions
GLOBAL: US lifts travel ban on HIV-positive people
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Condoms catching on


EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Working with Men, Responding to AIDS: Gender, Sexuality and HIV,
International HIV/AIDS Alliance

2. Strengthening our accountability to PLHIV, AIDS 2008, 5 August -
Mexico City, Mexico


VACANCIES

1. HIV/Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) technical specialist,
International Medical Corps (IMC) - Chad

2. Country coordinator, UNAIDS - Djibouti


NEWS

Blog: Welcome to the PlusNews blog

PlusNews is pleased to welcome you to our new blog. Expect comment,
reflection, tidbits and links. Feel free to make suggestions.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79408


KENYA: PMTCT services not reaching rural women

The government's campaign to prevent HIV transmission from mother to
child is failing pregnant HIV-positive women in Kenya's remote rural
areas.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79440


AFRICA: Homophobia fuelling the spread of HIV

The persistent and increasing outbreaks of violence against members of
the gay community in Africa are jeopardising efforts undertaken to
combat HIV, both within this group and across the population as a whole,
AIDS activists warned at a recent meeting in Limbe, Cameroon.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79397


KENYA: More education equals less teen pregnancy and HIV

Keeping Kenyan girls in school and ensuring they have access to HIV and
sex education has a dramatic effect on lowering future levels of HIV,
according to experts.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79456


MOZAMBIQUE: Tourism, beaches and sex - a recipe for HIV

With its white sand, sunny blue skies and cashew nut trees, Miramar
Beach in the port city of Beira, Mozambique, has all the right
ingredients to draw tourists from all over the world.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79376


UGANDA: Poverty driving child sex abuse in the north

Acute poverty is forcing girls as young as 14 into early marriage and
sex work in parts of northern Uganda affected by the war, says a new
report by local NGOs.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79359


AFGHANISTAN: New campaign to tackle stigma and misconceptions

The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, US, and Constella Futures, a
US-based research organisation, have been awarded contracts to implement
Afghanistan's first major HIV/AIDS projects in four cities, the Ministry
of Public Health (MoPH) told IRIN/PlusNews.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79370


GLOBAL: US lifts travel ban on HIV-positive people

A move by the United States Senate to repeal legislation prohibiting
HIV-positive visitors and immigrants has been hailed as an important
step in the fight against stigma and discrimination.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79361


SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: Condoms catching on

No one expected that the reaction to empty condom dispensers on Sao Tome
and Principe would be so angry.

full report: http://www.plusnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=79409



EVENTS/RESOURCES

1. Working with Men, Responding to AIDS: Gender, Sexuality and HIV,
International HIV/AIDS Alliance

This collection of case studies presents experiences and lessons from a
range of different projects working with men in countries like Botswana,
Morocco, South Africa, and Zambia. The case studies describe not only
HIV/AIDS projects but also other male-focused programmes addressing
issues such as gender identity, sexuality, and violence.

For more information, go to http://www.comminit.com/en/node/183786/38


2. Strengthening our accountability to PLHIV, AIDS 2008, 5 August -
Mexico City, Mexico

The workshop will provide an interactive platform for highlighting
evidence-based good practice and discussing the issues, obstacles and
ways of successfully involving people living with HIV/AIDS in the
response.

For more information, go to http://www.hivcode.org



VACANCIES

1. HIV/Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) technical specialist,
International Medical Corps (IMC) - Chad

Responsibilities:

- Develop appropriate training materials, including those for radio, to
address gaps in HIV/AIDS awareness among refugees in eastern Chad

- Develop home-based care kits for outreach workers and a psychosocial
counselling framework for those affected by HIV/AIDS

- Monitor programme progress and impact, ensuring outreach workers
collect and maintain relevant data for reporting and evaluation purposes

- Cultivate key stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations,
to provide complementary services to target populations by attending
relevant meetings, conferences, and professional workshops



Requirements:

- Masters in Public Health, MD preferred, with considerable experience
working with youth, HIV-positive people, vulnerable children and others
affected by HIV/AIDS

- Four years or more experience in community health service-related
activities, with two years in management

- Working knowledge of statistical analysis software, including SPSS and
StatPro

- Fluency in written and spoken French and English required

- Must work independently under difficult conditions


Application deadline: 15 August 2008

To officially begin the application process, please visit our website at
www.imcworldwide.org and complete the online employment application form
found under the tab "Work with IMC."



2. Country coordinator, UNAIDS - Djibouti

Responsibilities:

- Provide leadership and strategic guidance for a scaled-up national
response

- Advocate with national and international partners - government, civil
society, bilateral and multilateral - for an expanded response to AIDS
on issues relevant to the national situation

- Facilitate the development and application of a Joint UN advocacy
strategy and plan

- Ensure the collation, dissemination and use of strategic information
to guide public policy, support the UNs advocacy efforts, and inform
technically and ethically sound policies

- Promote the development and consolidation of monitoring and evaluation
systems

- Facilitate tracking of resources allocated to HIV-related activities
and monitor resource gaps

- Identify and monitor capacity gaps and mobilise technical, financial
and institutional resources in response


Requirements

- Advanced degree in development economics, social or physical sciences,
public health, public administration, management, or similar academic
preparation

- Knowledge of development issues and of the application of research
findings to meet developing countries requirements

- Eleven to 15 years experience in managing and implementing development
cooperation programmes, including field experience with demonstrated
achievements in developing countries

- Experience working within the UN system organisations in technical
programmes, or in public health at international level is required

- Advanced knowledge of English and French, both oral and written


Application deadline: 12 August 2008

For more information and to apply, go to
https://erecruit.unaids.org/public/hrd-cl-vac-view.asp?jobinfo_uid_c=19959&vaclng=en


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